{"id":2910,"date":"2012-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/in-sports-there-will-always-be-bad-days\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:03:28","slug":"in-sports-there-will-be-days-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/in-sports-there-will-be-days-like-this","title":{"rendered":"In Sports, There Will Always Be Bad Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In sports, there will be always be bad days<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes there\u2019s no explanation for a bad game or less-than-ideal performance other than the fact that it was just one of those days. This became very clear to me during my daughter\u2019s high school senior volleyball season after one game that was pretty ugly. There was lots of mistakes and mental miscues &#8212; my coach husband calls them brain farts &#8212; and the parents just looked at each other, thinking, a<em>re they sleeping out there<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>After the game, we didn\u2019t press the issue because we\u2019ve learned to not quiz our daughter after a loss. But it bugged me all night.&nbsp;<em>What the heck happened on that court?&nbsp;<\/em>Players who normally are consistent weren\u2019t, mistakes that are rare were in abundance. They played totally out of character. I\u2019m sure it drove the coach nuts.<\/p>\n<p>If he\u2019s anything like my husband-coach, he watched film and studied stats looking for some explanation. But even then the answers can still be illusive. As parents and coaches, there are times when we probably should just quit our analyzing and chalk games like that up to adolescent unpredictability.<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Didn\u2019t I read somewhere that a teenager\u2019s brain is not fully developed yet?<\/em> Before my head hit the pillow that night after the game and before I let the troubling loss rob me of sleep, the words of an old song by The Shirelles strangely came to mind:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Mama said there\u2019ll be days like this, there\u2019ll be days like this, Mama said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Coaches and parents just need to know that in every sports season, we can count on the fact that there\u2019ll be&nbsp;<em>games&nbsp;<\/em>like this &#8212; no reason, no clear explanation &#8212; where we wonder,&nbsp;<em>where\u2019s the team that won last Thursday\u2019s game?<\/em> Teenagers have an uncanny ability to forget.<\/p>\n<p>As annoying as that sometimes seems, this is one instance where it is a good thing. The best thing to do when they have games like that, is to join them in their forgetfulness, help them continue to improve and learn from mistakes, and move on to a new day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In sports, there will be always be bad days Sometimes there\u2019s no explanation for a bad game or less-than-ideal performance other than the fact that it was just one of those days. This became very clear to me during my daughter\u2019s high school senior volleyball season after one game that was pretty ugly. 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